Sunday, December 12, 2010

Victoria

Victoria is confirmed 6 months pregnant!! The foal is already reserved by a gal that is brand new to the breed! She is hoping that the foal will be a breeding quality stud colt. She wants to campaign him and also train him for AI. So exciting! If things go the way that they are suppose to, I plan on breeding Victoria to a lovely 1999 grulla purebred stallion named Miakoda. I think that they will produce an amazing baby!

I am so curious about the color of the foal (lastly among the obvious of the baby being healthy, well conformed with a great temperament) as Victoria has only produced grullas so far. The sire was a zebra dun, and his parents were zebra duns. I don't know if he is homozygous for the agouti gene (gene that causes horses to have a bay base coat. Dun + bay = zebra dun) so I am really unsure if this foal will be a grulla or a zebra dun. If he is homozygous for the agouti gene, then this foal will be Victoria's first zebra dun foal! I love the honey colored horses (and of course the grullas!), but I will be thrilled with either color so long as the foal has amazing conformation, great temperament, and amazing breed type!

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I am looking for Spanish Sulphur horses. I am compiling a list of known horses so that we know where these horses are. This is extremely important as these horses are the LAST remnant of the Spanish horse of California! This will also help me find suitable breeding stallions and mares (please send info about your gelding also) for my future breeding program. Please email me at: weyekin@hotmail.com

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My name is Kimberlee Jones. I am a die hard Spanish Sulphur horse enthusiast. I have my associates degree in applied science. I currently own one Spanish Sulphur mare by the name of La Victoria. I hope to change the number of quality Spanish Sulphurs I own in the near future!